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by Cooper
12 Apr 2022, 09:29
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8470
Views: 2143093
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Re: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]

10th April write up on Poland’s AH140PL Frigate by Naval News, of interest mentions 7,000t ship, RN quotes the T31 OPV as 5,600t :roll:, re the image as posted above shows other highlights, four panel SM-400 GaN AESA S-band VSR with NS50 GaN X-band rotating MFCR on top plus mention of a sonar, 16 R...
by Cooper
12 Apr 2022, 06:49
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 715148
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Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)

I just wish there was at least one "Light bulb" moment in Main Building, where someone actually realises that the Boxer Infantry Carrier needs more than a .50cal, especially seeing how many vehicles have been knocked out by auto cannon in Ukraine and the Boxer as it stands will be lacking...
by Cooper
09 Apr 2022, 13:17
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 715148
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Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)

bobp wrote: 09 Apr 2022, 09:08 Without a doubt the ability to shoot down drones should be a priority, and also some with a 30mm cannon equipped turret.
Trouble is, by the time you've spotted the little buggers, its too late, your co-ordinates are already in the enemy's targeting computer.
by Cooper
22 Mar 2022, 15:24
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 1995
Views: 555219
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Re: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]

Dobbo wrote: 22 Mar 2022, 14:51 This helps to demonstrate the requirement for at least 8x type 83s…
I think it demonstrates how having an inadequate maintenance & upgrade budget can affect refit timetables, more than hull numbers.

..If the money was there, all the T45s could have been fixed by now.
by Cooper
15 Mar 2022, 15:13
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: German Armed Forces
Replies: 593
Views: 42402
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Re: German Armed Forces

But the was because Germany was separated with the Soviet Union controlling east Germany and half of Berlin. While it may happen you would think you’d be looking a concentrations in Russia as there primary targets these days. Nukes wouldn't have been dropped immediately, only if/when they overran c...
by Cooper
15 Mar 2022, 15:01
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: German Armed Forces
Replies: 593
Views: 42402
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Re: German Armed Forces

SW1 wrote: 15 Mar 2022, 07:45 It’s a 1000 miles from Germany to Russia unless ur suggesting it’s dropping on Poland or the Baltic states.
It was accepted that (tactical) Nukes could well be dropped on Germany to halt Warsaw Pact forces during Soviet times.

Poland is the new frontline, so could well suffer a similar fate.
by Cooper
13 Mar 2022, 06:48
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Replies: 2804
Views: 764115
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Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)

Ha-ha.

Lots & lots of salty replies from the Frogs in the articles comments section.

FWIW, I think the chances of any deal is remote, but if the thought of one, winds up a bunch of Frenchies for months on end at the thought of it, alls good :lol:
by Cooper
05 Mar 2022, 06:51
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 951243
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Lord Jim wrote: 04 Mar 2022, 21:49 France left the Eurofighter programme for similar reasons. Dassault doesn't play well with others, ever.
Perhaps Dassault now think that with the increases in the French defence budget that Macron has announced, they may no longer need German money to finance the project.
by Cooper
24 Feb 2022, 10:00
Forum: Conflicts
Topic: The war in Ukraine
Replies: 1163
Views: 85659
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Re: The war in Ukraine

Blah,blah...blah fucking blah. Meanwhile Putin pisses himself laughing, wondering how the Soviet Union ever fell to such a bunch of limp wristed Western sissies. The only thing he understands is bombs & bullets and until they start coming his way, he'll continue as he pleases. ..and in the backg...
by Cooper
22 Feb 2022, 11:37
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 5461
Views: 1465118
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Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]

Especially if at some point the Navy decides to fill some of the T-26s VLS with a SAM similar to the SM-6. This means they do not need a T-45/83 along to provide long range AAW. If the Royal Navy push for a Rolls Royce design for the T-83, they better have a very good argument for the Treasury or t...
by Cooper
20 Feb 2022, 11:32
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 5461
Views: 1465118
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Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]

wargame_insomniac wrote: 20 Feb 2022, 00:09 In displacement T26 = 8,000+t full load vs 4,900t for T23. Almost two thirds again bigger!!
Or about 17m extra length.
A good indication of where the Type 83 needs to be going

.I'd be amazed if they're not in 10,000t range
by Cooper
16 Feb 2022, 14:24
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8470
Views: 2143093
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Re: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]

Doesn't matter.

The Separatist scum have already written off shipbuilding in Scotland as an acceptable sacrifice...For others to make on their behalf. :roll:
by Cooper
14 Feb 2022, 14:19
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Replies: 479
Views: 49457
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Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)

Blackhawks should be disqualified from the competition on the grounds that they're just so FUGLY compared to its rivals :lol:
by Cooper
10 Feb 2022, 12:02
Forum: British Army
Topic: Section Infantry Weapons
Replies: 1476
Views: 432292
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Re: Section Infantry Weapons

The US adopting a Bullpup as the standard issue weapons platform, Sorry but..

...HA! that'll be the day.
by Cooper
10 Feb 2022, 11:00
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 1995
Views: 555219
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Re: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]

Jdam wrote: 10 Feb 2022, 10:33

I wonder how long we can keep this going for.
Great, the most unreliable ship in CSG 21 is being sent back out to sea already... :crazy:
by Cooper
10 Feb 2022, 06:24
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 1995
Views: 555219
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Re: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]

When their time is done, these T-45s will be looked back on as a complete lemons, IMO. ..they will have spent far too much time in dry dock having their defects corrected, to be regarded as anything but. Even if they have all their problems fixed, by the time the last one is in the water in a fit an...
by Cooper
29 Jan 2022, 07:13
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 951243
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

:clap: :clap: :clap: True groundhog day, now Italian industry industry is openly yearning for an opportunity to hitch themselves to FCAS whichever way they can, basically treating Tempest as a means to that end and maybe to retain some RnD capabilities in the meantime. Meanwhile transatlantic media...
by Cooper
27 Jan 2022, 11:49
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 951243
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

inch wrote: 26 Jan 2022, 20:24 Is this the tentative slow slide of the two projects merging into one ? Mmh
No.

As long as France keeps up the 'its our way or the highway' attitude, and lets be honest, they simply don't know how to act any other way, the UK won't touch a joint project with a 10ft pole.
by Cooper
27 Jan 2022, 11:47
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Franco-German-Spanish FCAS/SCAF Programme News and Discussion
Replies: 63
Views: 4681
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Re: Franco-German-Spanish FCAS/SCAF Programme News and Discussion

Spain must be looking on in bemusement, wondering why they ever got involved...No one in Paris or Berlin seems to ask their opinion about anything. :lol:
by Cooper
21 Jan 2022, 09:54
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Phalanx
Replies: 104
Views: 34772
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Re: Phalanx

Rentaghost wrote: 21 Jan 2022, 09:52 with Phalanx as the hail Mary last ditch option.
They've never really been anything other than that
by Cooper
19 Jan 2022, 15:15
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Biased Brainwashing Corporation (BBC)
Replies: 93
Views: 9165
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Re: Biased Brainwashing Corporation (BBC)

It was never Labour's position that they would stop Brexit. Shadow Home Secretary is Yvette Cooper. No, it was just their policy to basically bend over and it take up the arse, from whatever the Brussels Euro Trash demanded, I.e still taking orders from the ECJ and sticking with just about every ot...
by Cooper
01 Jan 2022, 13:15
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 951243
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

First of: The cognitive dissonance to say/type "...EU(..) in violation of the treaty..." regarding the UK really is mindblowing stuff. Even if it were true, it would be a completely proportionate and appropriate reaction to the UK's attempted revisionism. But of course it's probably not a...
by Cooper
24 Nov 2021, 13:33
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
Replies: 4600
Views: 117547
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Re: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal

Good for the UK. Could have been much better without this nonsense. So actually yeah, sovereignty is an issue for me, just the opposite of your primative neanderthal thinking. You seem really invested in this: Do you feel somehow compelled to go on a crusade to rescue the UK from our poor decisions...
by Cooper
17 Nov 2021, 08:52
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
Replies: 4600
Views: 117547
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Re: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal

Ok but we're not European, UK is. You're North American, Canadians are also North Americans. Mexicans are Central Americans, Brazilian's are South Americans. You're all Americans, in the same way we are all Europeans. Let me know if you'd accept a Canadian or Brazilian court banning gun ownership i...
by Cooper
03 Nov 2021, 08:06
Forum: Personnel and Units
Topic: Royal Marines
Replies: 205
Views: 34157
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Re: Royal Marines

https://twitter.com/TelegraphWorld/status/1455637159453601797 I hate journalistic puff pieces like this. They always invariably don't stand up to close scrutiny and will be resented by the allies in question because the details of this exercise will almost have certainly been leaked by someone in t...